Fatal crash profile · Model

Western Star 4700

Compared with Western Star · All vehicles

Vehicles, 2020–2024: 94
Fatal crashes: 94
Deaths inside: 18
Other deaths: 84

Between 2020 and 2024, 94 vehicles described as Western Star 4700 were involved in 94 fatal crashes in the United States. 18 people died inside these vehicles and 84 people outside them (occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists) died in the same crashes.

Counts show how often this vehicle appears in fatal crashes. They also reflect how many are on the road, so they are not a safety rating. See how it compares with other medium and heavy trucks or with all vehicles.

Overview

Vehicles in fatal crashes

Vehicles in fatal crashes by year

Category	Vehicles
2020	16
2021	18
2022	21
2023	17
2024	22

Reflects how many of these vehicles are on the road as well as crash involvement; not a safety rating.

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Deaths

Who died in these crashes

18%

of deaths in these crashes were people inside these vehicles

About the same as the share for Western Star: 18%
About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 51%

Deaths in these crashes by year

Category	Inside these vehicles	Other road users
2020	1	15
2021	4	16
2022	6	19
2023	2	15
2024	5	19

Other road users are occupants of other vehicles, pedestrians and cyclists killed in the same crashes.

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Crash factors

Speeding, drinking and night-time crashes

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as speeding

About 55 percent of the share for Western Star: 7%
About 20 percent of the share for all vehicles: 19%

of these vehicles had a driver recorded as drinking

About the same as the share for Western Star: 1%
About 5 percent of the share for all vehicles: 18%

17%

of these vehicles crashed at night (6pm–6am)

About 70 percent of the share for Western Star: 24%
About one-third of the share for all vehicles: 49%

Crash factors compared

Category	Western Star 4700	Western Star	All vehicles
Driver speeding	4.3%	7.4%	19.0%
Driver drinking	1.1%	1.1%	17.7%
At night	17.0%	23.7%	49.3%

Share of vehicles in fatal crashes. Speeding and drinking are as recorded for the driver in police reports.

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Conditions

Weather and light

Weather at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Clear	64
Cloudy	12
Rain	7
Fog, Smog, Smoke	5
Snow	2

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Light conditions at the time of the crash

Category	Fatal crashes
Daylight	76
Dark - Not Lighted	11
Dark - Unknown Lighting	2
Dawn	2
Dark - Lighted	2

Crashes where conditions were not reported are left out.

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Where

States with the most crashes

States with the most of these vehicles in fatal crashes

Category	Vehicles
Texas	13
Mississippi	7
North Carolina	7
Florida	7
Tennessee	6
Ohio	6
Georgia	5
New York	4
Wisconsin	4
Maryland	3

Larger states have more vehicles on the road.

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Explore

Western Star 4700 by model year

2020 18 crashes
2019 18 crashes
2018 14 crashes
2016 10 crashes

Models and model years with fewer than 10 fatal crashes have no page of their own.

Crashes

Fatal crashes involving this vehicle

Date	Location	Road	Deaths
Feb 11, 2021	Falls County, Texas	SR-7	1
Feb 9, 2021	Pike County, Mississippi	US-98	1
Jan 28, 2021	Gallia County, Ohio	TR-640 BEAR RUN RD	2
Dec 18, 2020	Brazos County, Texas	SR-30	1
Dec 7, 2020	Pikeville, Pike County, Kentucky	US-23	1
Dec 3, 2020	Sauk County, Wisconsin	CR-H	1
Nov 16, 2020	New York City, New York County, New York	W 34TH ST	1
Nov 3, 2020	Tangipahoa Parish, Louisiana	SR-16	1
Oct 26, 2020	Okaloosa County, Florida	SR-85	1
Oct 14, 2020	Fort Collins, Larimer County, Colorado	HARMONY RD	1
Sep 24, 2020	Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio	I-480	1
Sep 24, 2020	Sumter County, Florida	I-75 NB	1
Sep 3, 2020	Rutherford County, Tennessee	US-231 SR-10 SHELBYVILLE PK	1
Jul 16, 2020	Washington County, Minnesota	CR-15 MANNING AVE N	1
May 27, 2020	Dougherty County, Georgia	SR-520	1
Apr 18, 2020	DeWitt County, Texas	SR-72	1
Feb 18, 2020	Lincoln County, Wisconsin	US-51	1
Feb 7, 2020	Dorchester County, Maryland	SR-16	1
Jan 30, 2020	Platteville, Weld County, Colorado	SR-66	1

Compare Western Star 4700 with another vehicle

Source: NHTSA Fatality Analysis Reporting System (FARS), 2020–2024. Vehicle make and model as decoded by NHTSA's vPIC service. "All vehicles" covers every vehicle with a known make.